[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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                    MEASURES INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, S. 2082, and S. 2056 
are indefinitely postponed.
  Mr. MITCHELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator 
DeConcini, and then Senator Warner, be recognized to make brief remarks 
with respect to the bill just passed; that the Senate then proceed to 
the consideration of Calendar No. 506, S. 1614, the child nutrition 
bill; that Senator Leahy then be recognized to offer an amendment on 
behalf of himself and the committee; that there be 5 minutes of debate 
on that amendment; that upon the disposition of that amendment Senator 
Simpson be recognized to speak on health care for up to 20 minutes; 
that, upon conclusion of Senator Simpson's remarks, Senator McConnell 
be recognized to offer his amendment regarding motor-voter requirements 
in WIC offices; that there be 90 minutes of debate on the McConnell 
amendment; that, upon the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate 
vote without any intervening action on or in relation to Senator 
McConnell's amendment; that all time be equally divided in the usual 
form; that no other amendments be in order prior to the disposition of 
the Leahy-McConnell amendments; and, that, upon the disposition of 
these amendments, S. 1614 be returned to the calendar.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.


                             Commendations

  Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, I want to say a particular thank you to 
my colleague, and vice chairman, Senator Warner, for his cooperation in 
the past couple of years.
  This is a difficult time for the intelligence community, and without 
the cooperation of the Senator from Virginia, we would not have had the 
bill as constructed and the legislation that we have just passed. He 
played a major, major role.
  I also want to thank all of his staff, particularly Judy Ansley, and 
Chris Mellon for their superb participation in this effort; also a 
number of other people who have done a tremendous job: Tim Carlsgaard, 
Charlie Battaglia, Britt Snider; Pat Hanback, and Sarah Holmes for 
their particular efforts on the audit team; Jim Wolfe, for the strong 
effort that he has given this year; Jonathan Zittrain and the entire 
staff. Also, in behalf of the Senator from Florida [Mr. Graham] and 
myself, I want to thank Al Cumming and Harriet Schneider for their fine 
work.
  This staff at the committee is not a partisan staff at all. It is not 
divided by minority or majority. I think that bodes well for the votes 
that we received today on this bill, and the lack of consternation and 
disagreement that is here when there are areas of disagreement. We work 
them out. We do not have confrontations. I think it serves the 
intelligence community well.
  The recent exposure we talked about today regarding the NRO happened 
because this committee took an initiative first under Senators Boren 
and Cohen to have an audit staff, only two people--currently Ms. 
Hanback and Ms. Holmes. We have uncovered a number of things that need 
to be corrected, and we have attempted to correct them.
  I am most grateful to the Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank my good friend. We work together, 
and we shall finish up our venue here at the conclusion of this 
Congress.
  But I would say that the strong votes the Senate has just recorded on 
pieces of legislation, which together we have worked on, I think is an 
affirmation of the leadership that the Senator from Arizona has given 
this committee. I regret that in today's paper there is some indication 
of dissatisfaction on behalf of our counterparts in the House of 
Representatives. And I hope they, too, will note the votes taken by 
this Chamber today with regard to pieces of legislation which are 
landmark, absolutely landmark pieces of legislation taken to strengthen 
America's intelligence.
  I join our distinguished chairman in commending our entire staff; 
Norm Bradley, the staff director; Tim Carlsgaard; Mrs. Hanback; and Mr. 
Mellon on my staff. Mr. Mellon came from Senator Chafee's staff, and 
will be returning. Mrs. Ansley at the conclusion of this year, will 
return to my staff.
  But I think the most important thing is that Judy and Steve Ansley 
have within the past year brought into the world a wonderful baby girl, 
Rachel Emily Ansley. And she never missed a day on the job. She 
continued each day at her home, and that shows the dedication that not 
only this individual has but many, many persons that we are privileged 
to have in service here in the Senate on our staffs.
  I yield the floor.

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